Guide to the New England Church Records
(Record Group No. 48)
Compiled by Martha Lund Smalley, James M. Starr, and Carl L. Beckwith
Yale University Library, Divinity Library Special Collections,
Copyright © Yale University Library, 1996, 2003
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Title: | New England Church Records, | ||
Quantity: | Total archival boxes 54; total linear footage 22' | ||
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Open to qualified researchers. |
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Preferred Citation: | New England Church Records, Record Group No. 48, Special Collections, Yale Divinity School Library. | ||
Summary: | Record Group 48 is an open collection composed of records from individual churches in the six New England states. | ||
Catalog Record: | Guide to the New England Church Records (Record Group No. 48) | ||
For further information: |
Yale University Library Divinity Library Special Collections 409 Prospect Street New Haven, Connecticut divinity.library@yale.edu |
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Arrangement |
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| The papers are arranged in six series: | ||
Introduction |
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Record Group 48 is an open collection composed of records from individual churches in the six New England states, divided into the following series:
At last revision, the collection comprised approximately 20 linear feet of material. A small portion of the material is in manuscript form while the majority is printed, including manuals, directories, news bulletins and historical papers. The churches are arranged alphabetically within each state with name changes and other historical data noted when pertinent. The material for each church is arranged chronologically except in a few cases where the quantity of material warranted a more detailed arrangement. |
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| Abington | |||||||||
| 50 | Abington Church and Society 1853 | ||||||||
| Ansonia | |||||||||
| 50 | Congregational Church 1885 | ||||||||
| 1 | First Methodist Church 1951 | ||||||||
| Ashford | |||||||||
| 1 | Congregational Church 1864 | ||||||||
| Avon | |||||||||
| 29 | Congregational Church 1851, 1919 | ||||||||
| Bethlehem | |||||||||
| 2 | First Church of Christ 1890 | ||||||||
| Branford | |||||||||
| 29 | Congregational Church 1864 | ||||||||
| 29 | First Congregational Church 1888 | ||||||||
| 1 | Trinity Church 1882, 1920-1946 | ||||||||
| Bridgeport | |||||||||
| 2 | First Baptist Church 1838 | ||||||||
| 2 | First Congregational Church 1876, 1895-1901 | ||||||||
| 2 | Hungarian Evangelical and Reformed Church 1944-1961 | ||||||||
| 2 | Park Street Congregational Church 1874-1913 | ||||||||
| 40 | Park Street Congregational Church 1943-1968 | ||||||||
| 54 | St. Paul's Church 1868 | ||||||||
| 2 | Scandanavian Congregational Church 1888 | ||||||||
| 2 | Second Congregational Church 1853 | ||||||||
| 2 | South Congregational Church 1892 | ||||||||
| 2 | Stratfield and Newfield Parish n.d. | ||||||||
| 2 | West End Congregational Church 1912 | ||||||||
| Bristol | |||||||||
| Brookfield | |||||||||
| 54 | Congregational Church 1876 | ||||||||
| Brooklyn | |||||||||
| 2 | Trinity Church 1858-1991 | ||||||||
| Canton Center | |||||||||
| 29 | Congregational Church 1886 | ||||||||
| Cheshire | |||||||||
| 29 | First Congregational Church 1870, 1906 | ||||||||
| 2 | St. Peter's Church 1910 | ||||||||
| Chester | |||||||||
| 2 | Congregational Church 1892 | ||||||||
| Clinton | |||||||||
| 2 | First Church of Christ 1867-1928 | ||||||||
| Columbia | |||||||||
| 54 | Congregational Church 1867 | ||||||||
| Cornwall | |||||||||
| 29 | Second Congregational Church 1877 | ||||||||
| 29 | Coventry First Society 1811 | ||||||||
| Danbury | |||||||||
| Danielson | |||||||||
| 2 | Westfield Congregational Church 1901, 1951 | ||||||||
| Deep River | |||||||||
| 2 | Congregational Church 1909 | ||||||||
| Derby | |||||||||
| 29 | First Congregational Church 1903, 1920 | ||||||||
| 2 | St. James's Parish 1891, 1896 | ||||||||
| Durham | |||||||||
| 54 | The Church of the Epiphany 1912 | ||||||||
| East Canaan | |||||||||
| 29 | Congregational Church 1902 | ||||||||
| East Hampton | |||||||||
| 29 | Congregational Church 1898 | ||||||||
| East Hartford | |||||||||
| 2 | First Congregational Church 1860, 1910-1913 | ||||||||
| East Haven | |||||||||
| 2 | First Congregational Church 1876, 1892, 1936-1937 | ||||||||
| East Norwalk | |||||||||
| 2 | Christ Church 1940 | ||||||||
| East Windsor | |||||||||
| 26 | First Congregational Church 1871-1902, 1971 | ||||||||
| 2 | Third Congregational Church 1842 | ||||||||
| 48 | Congregational Church 1953 | ||||||||
| Enfield | |||||||||
| 50 | First Congregational Church 1899 | ||||||||
| 3 | Strict Congregational Church 1899 | ||||||||
| Ellington | |||||||||
| 29 | Congregational Church 1896 | ||||||||
| Essex | |||||||||
| 3 | First Baptist 1861, 1911, 1936 | ||||||||
| 3 | St. John's Church 1940 | ||||||||
| Fairfield | |||||||||
| 3 | Congregational Society of Green's Farms 1911 | ||||||||
| 3 | First Congregational Church of Christ 1839, 1890, 1892-1914 | ||||||||
| 30 | Greenfield Hill Church 1932 | ||||||||
| 50 | Prime Ancient Society 1640-1890 | ||||||||
| 3 | St. Paul's Episcopal Church 1927 | ||||||||
| Fair Haven | |||||||||
| 3 | Second Congregational Church 1876 | ||||||||
| Falls Village | |||||||||
| 3 | Congregational Church 1888 | ||||||||
| Famington | |||||||||
| 3 | Congregational Church 1872, 1900 | ||||||||
| Gilead | |||||||||
| 30 | Congregational Church 1878 | ||||||||
| Goshen | |||||||||
| 3 | Congregational Church 1852 | ||||||||
| Greenfield | |||||||||
| 3 | Congregational Church 1876 | ||||||||
| Greenwich | |||||||||
| 50 | Baptist Church 1988 | ||||||||
| 30 | First Congregational Church 1879, 1895, 1908 | ||||||||
| 3 | Second Congregational Church 1867 | ||||||||
| Groton | |||||||||
| 50 | Congregational Church 1877 | ||||||||
| 50 | First Church of Christ 1967 | ||||||||
| Guilford | |||||||||
| 3 | Christ Church 1938, n.d. | ||||||||
| 3 | First Congregational Church 1893-1940 | ||||||||
| 30 | Third Church 1893 | ||||||||
| Haddam | |||||||||
| 49 | First Church of Christ ca. 1934 | ||||||||
| 30 | First Congregational Church 1835, 1879, 1902 | ||||||||
| Hadlyme | |||||||||
| 30 | Congregational Church 1876-1913 | ||||||||
| Hamden | |||||||||
| 3 | Congregational Church in Mt. Carmel 1879, 1897 | ||||||||
| 3 | Mt. Carmel Congregational Church 1864 | ||||||||
| 3 | Whitneyville Congregational Church 1876, 1895 | ||||||||
| Hartford | |||||||||
| 30 | Asylum Hill Congregational Church 1906-1946 | ||||||||
| 30 | Chiesa Evangelica Italiana n.d. | ||||||||
| 3 | Christ Church 1879-1940 | ||||||||
| 31 | Farmington Avenue Congregational Church 1901 | ||||||||
| 3 | First Church of Christ: General 1835-1894 | ||||||||
| 31 | FCC: General 1895-1936 | ||||||||
| 46 | FCC: Yearbook 1897-1928 | ||||||||
| 50 | First Ecclesiastical Society 1670-1903 | ||||||||
| 30 | First Presbyterian 1875-1877 | ||||||||
| 31 | Fourth Congregational Church 1855, 1890 | ||||||||
| 30 | Grace Episcopal Church 1938 | ||||||||
| 30 | North Church 1839 | ||||||||
| 30 | Park Congregational Church 1914 | ||||||||
| 30 | St. Paul's Methodist Church 1904 | ||||||||
| 3, 49 | Second Congregational Church of Christ 1870-1951 | ||||||||
| 30 | South Church 1870 | ||||||||
| 49 | Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Church 1929 | ||||||||
| 3 | Trinity Church 1903-1906 | ||||||||
| 49 | Unitarian Meeting House 1967-1968 | ||||||||
| 48 | Wetherfield Avenue Congregational Church 1908 | ||||||||
| Harwinton | |||||||||
| 31 | Congregational Church 1868-1908 | ||||||||
| Holbrook | |||||||||
| 31 | Winthrop Congregational Church 1886 | ||||||||
| Jewett City | |||||||||
| 31 | Congregational Church 1875 | ||||||||
| Kensington | |||||||||
| 3 | Congregational Church 1904, 1912 | ||||||||
| Killingworth | |||||||||
| 50 | First Ecclesiastical Society 1828 | ||||||||
| 50 | Congregational Church 1870 | ||||||||
| Lebanon | |||||||||
| 31 | First Church of Christ 1938 | ||||||||
| 50 | Lebanon Meeting House 1939 | ||||||||
| Ledyard | |||||||||
| 50 | Congregational Church 1859 | ||||||||
| Litchfield | |||||||||
| 3 | First Church of Christ 1861-1931 | ||||||||
| Madison | |||||||||
| 3 | Congregational Church 1878 | ||||||||
| Mansfield Center | |||||||||
| 31 | First Congregational Church 1876 | ||||||||
| 31 | Congregational Church 1910 | ||||||||
| Meriden | |||||||||
| 31 | Center Congregational Church n.d. | ||||||||
| 31 | First Congregational Church 1843-1906 | ||||||||
| 31 | St. Rose's Church 1898 | ||||||||
| Middle Haddam | |||||||||
| 4 | Christ Church 1883-1895 | ||||||||
| 54 | Second Congregational Church 1873 | ||||||||
| Middlebury | |||||||||
| 4 | Congregational Church 1896, 1946 | ||||||||
| Middletown | |||||||||
| 4 | Church of the Holy Trinity n.d. | ||||||||
| 4 | First Church of Christ 1876 | ||||||||
| 4 | First Congregational Church 1837 | ||||||||
| 42 | South Congregational Church 1876-1947 | ||||||||
| 4 | Universalist Church n.d. | ||||||||
| Milford | |||||||||
| 4 | First Church of Christ Congregational 1852, 1844-1945 | ||||||||
| 48 | St. Peter's Episcopal Church 1939 | ||||||||
| Milton | |||||||||
| 32 | Congregational Church 1898 | ||||||||
| Monson | |||||||||
| 32 | First Church n.d. | ||||||||
| Mystic | |||||||||
| 32 | Congregational Church 1902 | ||||||||
| Naugatuck | |||||||||
| 32 | Congregational Church 1851-1912 | ||||||||
| 51 | Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church 1887-1917 | ||||||||
| New Britain | |||||||||
| 32 | Centre Church 1876 | ||||||||
| 32 | First Church of Christ 1862 | ||||||||
| 32 | St. Mark's Church 1904 | ||||||||
| 4 | South Congregational Church 1869-1887 | ||||||||
| 4 | Swedish Evangelical Bethany Church 1935-1938 | ||||||||
| New Canaan | |||||||||
| 4 | Congregational Church 1879 | ||||||||
| 4 | St. Mark's Parish 1939 | ||||||||
| New Hartford | |||||||||
| 32 | First Ecclesiastical Society 1846 | ||||||||
| New Haven | |||||||||
| 4 | All Saints Chapel 1905 | ||||||||
| 53 | Benedict Memorial Church (see: First Presbyterian Church) | ||||||||
| 4 | Bethany Chapel 1868, n.d. | ||||||||
| 4 | Calvary Baptist Church 1871-1962, n.d. | ||||||||
| 6, 27 | Center Church (see: First Congregational Church) | ||||||||
| 48 | Chapel of St. Thomas More at Yale 1938 | ||||||||
| 4 | Chapel St. Congregational Church (named changed in 1871 to Church of the Redeemer: see below) 1840-1871 | ||||||||
| 5 | Christ Church 1859-1946 | ||||||||
| 5 | Church of Christ in Yale University 1943 | ||||||||
| 26 | Church of the Redeemer (formerly known as Chapel St. Congregational Church) 1872-1989, n.d. | ||||||||
| 5 | Church Street Church (see also Plymouth Congregational Church) 1843 | ||||||||
| 5 | College Street Congregational Church (see also Plymouth Congregational Church) 1850-1875 | ||||||||
| 5 | Davenport Congregational Church 1863-1891 | ||||||||
| 5 | Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church 1938 | ||||||||
| 26 | Dwight Place Congregational Church 1873-1948 | ||||||||
| 6 | First Baptist Church 1823, 1850-1926 | ||||||||
| 54 | First Church of Christ 1943 | ||||||||
| 6, 50 | First Congregational Church in Fair Haven (see also Grand Avenue Congregational Church) 1871-1889, 1980 | ||||||||
| 6, 27 | First Congregational Church of New Haven (aka Center Church): General 1855-1936 | ||||||||
| 7 | FCC of NH: General 1937-1976, n.d. | ||||||||
| 47 | FCC of NH: Catalogues and Manuals 1847-1923 | ||||||||
| 48 | FCC of NH: Ladies Home Miss'y Society 1864-1980 | ||||||||
| 28 | First Methodist Episcopal Church: General 1852-1926 | ||||||||
| 8 | FMEC: General 1939 | ||||||||
| 8 | FMEC: Bound Volumes 1876-1894 | ||||||||
| 52 | First Presbyterian Church: Minutes of Session 1886-1949 Apr | ||||||||
| 53 | First Presbyterian Church: Minutes of Sessions 1949 May- 1979 Sept. | ||||||||
| 53 | First Presbyterian Church: Records of Service 1885-1889 | ||||||||
| 53 | First Presbyterian Church: Appeal for Building Funds ca. 1904 | ||||||||
| 53 | First Presbyterian Church: Constitution of Young People's Christian Endeavor Society n.d. | ||||||||
| 53 | First Presbyterian Church: Notes on History of Church Gleaned from Session Minutes n.d. | ||||||||
| OVERSIZE | First Presbyterian Church: Financial Record Book of Women's Groups 1954-1973 | ||||||||
| OVERSIZE | First Presbyterian Church: Financial Records 1922-1987 | ||||||||
| 8 | First Universalist Church 1933 | ||||||||
| 56 | First Unitarian Universalist Society of New Haven: books by Phebe Hanaford: Daughters of America; or Women of the Century (1882) and From Shore to Shore and Other Poems (1871) 1871, 1882 | ||||||||
| 56 | First Unitarian Universalist Society: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families by Hosea Ballou 1840 | ||||||||
| 56 | First Unitarian Universalist Society: Bound volume: "Record of the First Universalist Society" (1836-1870) (holograph) 1836-1870 | ||||||||
| 56 | First Unitarian Universalist Society: Bound volume: Records of the Prudential Committee, First Universalist Society (1870-1895) (holograph) 1870-1895 | ||||||||
| 56 | First Unitarian Universalist Society: Bound volume: Records of the Social Service Committee of Men's League, First Universalist Society (holograph) 1911 | ||||||||
| 56 | First Unitarian Universalist Society: Looseleaf notebook: transcripts and copies of historical documents, including: "Records of the First Universalist Society in New Haven (1836) (20 typed pages); "Historical Sketch of the First Universalist Church and Society in New Haven, Conn. (1873) by Phebe Hanaford (20 page pamphlet); "The History of the First Universalist Church" by Lucy Creemer Peckham (1911) (6 typed pages); "History of the Society" compile by Eunice K. Armstead (1936) (1 page); "The Finished Work; of Four Years in New Haven" a farewell sermon by Phebe Hanaford (1874) (14 page typed transcript); Additional histories, list of places of worship, list of ministers. | ||||||||
| 8 | Free Congregational Church (see also Plymouth Congregational Church) 1834 | ||||||||
| 8 | Grace Church 1886, 1892 | ||||||||
| 9 | Grace Methodist Episcopal Church 1889 | ||||||||
| 9 | Grand Avenue Congregational Church (see also First Congregational Church in Fair Haven) 1898, 1904 | ||||||||
| 9 | Grand Street Baptist Church 1872 | ||||||||
| 9 | Hope Baptist Church n.d. | ||||||||
| 9 | Howard Avenue Baptist Mission 1890 | ||||||||
| 40 | Howard Avenue Congregational Church: Misc. 1873-1901, n.d. | ||||||||
| 44,45 | HACC: Howard Avenue Church News 1891-1902, 1916 | ||||||||
| 9, 50 | Howe Street Church 1845-46, 1868 | ||||||||
| 49 | New Haven Korean Church 1992 | ||||||||
| 9 | North Church (North Church united with Third Congregational Church in 1884 to form the United Church. North Church also referred to as the United Society.): General Materials 1813-1884, n.d. | ||||||||
| 9 | NC: re: Sunday School 1833-1861 | ||||||||
| 10 | NC: re: Sunday School 1866-1883, 1930 | ||||||||
| 10 | NC: re: Women's Organizations 1814-1877, 1902 | ||||||||
| 10 | NC: re: Women's Organizations 1937, n.d. | ||||||||
| 10 | NC: re: Youth Organizations 1855-1876, n.d. | ||||||||
| 10 | Oak Street Christian Parish 1954-1956 | ||||||||
| 10 | Park Street Church 1838 | ||||||||
| 10 | Pilgrim Congregational Church 1949 | ||||||||
| 10 | Plymouth Congregational Church (name changes: 1831-Missionary Church, 1832-Free Congregational Church, 1839-Church St. Church, 1848-College St. Church, 1895-Plymouth Congregational Church.) 1899-1935 | ||||||||
| 11 | S. Faith's House 1906 | ||||||||
| 11 | St. James Church (Westville) 1872-1935, n.d. | ||||||||
| 11 | St. James's Episcopal Church 1905 | ||||||||
| 11 | St. John's Church 1871-1945 | ||||||||
| 11 | St. John Street Methodist 1878 | ||||||||
| 11 | St. John Street Methodist Episcopal Church 1878 | ||||||||
| 11 | St. Luke's Church 1894 | ||||||||
| 11 | St. Mary's Church 1889-1935 | ||||||||
| 11 | St. Paul's Church: General 1853-1899, 1945 | ||||||||
| 12 | SPC: General 1900-1915 | ||||||||
| 12 | St. Thomas's Church 1865-1928 | ||||||||
| 12 | Second Congregational Church of Fair Haven 1865-1902 | ||||||||
| 12 | South Congregational Church 1854-1866 | ||||||||
| 13 | South Reformed Church 1868 | ||||||||
| 13 | Taylor Church 1871 | ||||||||
| 13 | Third Congregational Church (Third Church united with North Church in 1884 to form United Church): General material 1841-1879 | ||||||||
| 13 | TCC: re: Sunday School 1857-1863 | ||||||||
| 13 | TCC: re: Women's Organizations 1866-1876 | ||||||||
| 13 | TCC: re: Youth Organizations 1869, 1883, n.d. | ||||||||
| 13, 50 | Trinity Church 1814-1856, 1899 | ||||||||
| 14 | Trinity Church 1900-1945 | ||||||||
| 14 | Trinity Lutheran Church 1937, 1946 | ||||||||
| 14 | Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church 1904 | ||||||||
| 14, 32 | United Church of New Haven (Formed in 1884 by union of North and Third Churches): General Materials 1843-1944, n.d. | ||||||||
| 15 | UCNH: re: Sunday School 1884-1925, n.d. | ||||||||
| 16 | UCNH: re: Joint Sunday School with Center Church 1930-1962 | ||||||||
| 16 | UCNH: re: Men's Organizations 1890-1942 | ||||||||
| 17 | UCNH: re: Women's Organizations 1891-1943, n.d. | ||||||||
| 17 | UCNH: Bound Volumes 1884-1923 | ||||||||
| 18 | UCNH: Bound Volumes 1909-1947 | ||||||||
| 19 | UCNH: re: Youth Organizations 1886-1935, n.d. | ||||||||
| 45 | UCNH: Catalogues and Reports 1886-1907 | ||||||||
| 20 | West Congregational Church 1867 | ||||||||
| 20 | Westville Congregational Church 1876-1900, 1923 | ||||||||
| 50 | White-Haven Meeting House 1813 | ||||||||
| New London | |||||||||
| 20 | First Church of Christ 1901 | ||||||||
| 20 | St. James Parish 1847, 1890 | ||||||||
| Newtown | |||||||||
| 20 | Congregational Church 1947 | ||||||||
| 20 | Trinity Parish 1882 | ||||||||
| Norfolk | |||||||||
| 32 | Church of Christ Congregational 1896-1936, 1955, 1959 | ||||||||